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Canned Food

Patented: History of Inventions

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How Did the Name Can Come From?

Pair's method is in response to this call of Napoleon come up with a better way to feed his army. So there was that knowledge there that it's the air that makes food spoil. But without knowledge of germ theory yet. When do we go from sort of that to like a tin can and what? Well, actually, when did was it called? Like, what do the name can come from?

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